Nuer canoe on Sobat River
40 x 30 mm | Print 35mm contact
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.6.1 - Negative film nitrate , (40 x 30 mm)
1998.346.6.1 - Negative film nitrate , (40 x 30 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.6
Previous Other Number:
5
Accession Number:
1998.346.6.2
Description:
A distant view of a two people in dug-out canoe on the wide river, one of whom is using a paddle.
Beyond the far bank can seen the wide treeless plains of Nuer country.
Although the location on the river is unknown, Evans-Pritchard undertook fieldwork among the Lou and Jikany tribes in the vicinity of the river in 1931 and again in 1935.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1931 or 1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Sobat River
Group:
Nuer ?Lou ?Eastern Jikany
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Navigation , Topography
Keyword:
Boat , Paddle
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry: [p.
98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E.
E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST.
OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD.
OXFORD 1966.27.17 S.
SUDAN.
NUER TRIBE.
Box of negatives each in separate envelope, labelled.
(some missing).
Nos.
1 - 213.
(prints in box 1966.27.18)...1966.27.18 S.
SUDAN.
NUER TRIBE.
Box of prints each in separate envelope.
Nos.
1 - 213.
(negatives in 1966.27.17.)
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 6. Canoe on Sobat River. (S.) [small size]
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "5 6 "
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 6. Canoe on Sobat River. (S.) [small size]
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "5 6 "
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [17/3/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
